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  • Mythbusting old-age adages

    You don’t need as much sleep as you age; you will inevitably get dementia if you live long enough; older people shouldn’t exercise strenuously for fear of injury. We grow up hearing such tropes, but many of them are not borne out in science.
     

  • Memoir writing: Cathartic and stimulating

    For Tony Cond, writing a memoir was revelatory. “I’ve had a really good life,” he realized upon its completion. “This book is a culmination of me being able to say that to myself.” 

    One could do worse than having that kind of insight after revisiting the past.

  • Surrendering the keys

    How do you know it’s time to hang up the car keys for good? Is it when you hit 80? When you’ve had a stroke? When your kids sit you down and say, “You need to call it quits”? 

    Turns out it could be any or none of the above.

  • Saving memories for the future

    Most of us of a certain age have treasured photo albums, with perhaps a few shoe boxes full of loose memories. And what about those tapes or reels you can no longer play because you don’t have the applicable player?

Past Issue

Summer
2025

In this edition of Sage60, we continue to celebrate Canada with two all-Canadian stories. First, we offer a look at six festivals taking place across the country — from Cavendish, P.E.I. to Calgary, Alta., and several points in between. We also ramp up for summer with a story that offers five cocktail recipes from distilleries across the country, along with a sixth, this one a mocktail from an über-cool cocktail bar on Ottawa’s Sparks Street.

But not everything about summer is coming up evening primroses. We also take a look at how to protect ourselves when wildfire smoke hits our communities and cities. And, we have a primer on what precautions to take should you decide to venture south of the border to the United States either this summer or in the near future.

Sage60, our digital version of our popular Sage print magazine, gives readers fresh content four times a year, and it releases six weeks after each print edition. We hope you enjoy this issue. 

Features

Couple sits with their back to the camera during music festival on summer day.

Summer songs from coast to coast

Sage60 looks at cool festivals in a variety of genres, from chamber music to roots. 

Peter Simpson
Summer cocktails beside a pool.

Summer sippin’

In our continuing ode to Canada, we reached out to five distilleries and one cocktail bar to ask for their favourite summer cocktail. 
 

Peter Simpson
A wildfire crew at work near Port Alice on Vancouver Island.

The dangers of wildfire smoke

Experts are advising monitoring symptoms and erring on the side of caution, especially if you have pre-existing conditions. 

Jennifer Campbell
Canadian passport with luggage.

U.S. bound?

From registration requirements to concerns about social media scrutiny, Canadian snowbirds are facing new realities under Trump’s second term.

Mick Gzowski